Laboratory Assistant - Community Clinics
Minnesota Jobs, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Laboratory Assistant
We are currently seeking a Laboratory Assistant to join our team. This full-time role will work days (start times will fall between 7AM and 10AM). This role will float between a variety of clinic labs: Brooklyn Park, Clinic and Specialty Center, East Lake, Golden Valley, Richfield, and Whittier. Purpose of this position: Under general supervision, performs work that involves collecting and/or processing laboratory specimens, entering data into the electronic health record (EHR) and/or the laboratory information system (LIS). Interacts and communicates with patients, their families, and members of the healthcare team by using various communication tools in a timely and professional manner.
Responsibilities: Ambulatory (Community Clinics/CSC) - Assists in maintaining supplies and helping with inventory - Assists with training of new staff members and students - Performs standard procedures for the collection of laboratory samples including but not limited to:
Patient identification
Venipuncture collection
Capillary collection
Urine collection
Documentation of collection in the Laboratory Information System (LIS)
Reviews and releases patient laboratory orders in the electronic health record (EHR)
Reviews, orders, and collects patient laboratory orders from an outside facility according to standard operating procedures
Properly processes and distributes specimens following collection
Explains collection processes and procedures to patients, customers, and their families
Prepares specimens for send out to reference laboratory (HHS Main Campus), including properly labeling, aliquoting of specimens, and any associated LIS documentation (transfer lists)
Prepares, performs, and documents select testing according to standard operating procedures for which they have received applicable training and supervisor approval to perform
We are currently seeking a Laboratory Assistant to join our team. This full-time role will work days (start times will fall between 7AM and 10AM). This role will float between a variety of clinic labs: Brooklyn Park, Clinic and Specialty Center, East Lake, Golden Valley, Richfield, and Whittier. Purpose of this position: Under general supervision, performs work that involves collecting and/or processing laboratory specimens, entering data into the electronic health record (EHR) and/or the laboratory information system (LIS). Interacts and communicates with patients, their families, and members of the healthcare team by using various communication tools in a timely and professional manner.
Responsibilities: Ambulatory (Community Clinics/CSC) - Assists in maintaining supplies and helping with inventory - Assists with training of new staff members and students - Performs standard procedures for the collection of laboratory samples including but not limited to:
Patient identification
Venipuncture collection
Capillary collection
Urine collection
Documentation of collection in the Laboratory Information System (LIS)
Reviews and releases patient laboratory orders in the electronic health record (EHR)
Reviews, orders, and collects patient laboratory orders from an outside facility according to standard operating procedures
Properly processes and distributes specimens following collection
Explains collection processes and procedures to patients, customers, and their families
Prepares specimens for send out to reference laboratory (HHS Main Campus), including properly labeling, aliquoting of specimens, and any associated LIS documentation (transfer lists)
Prepares, performs, and documents select testing according to standard operating procedures for which they have received applicable training and supervisor approval to perform